The Natural Empire of the Oceanic Dragon

With considerable effort, Artilan withdrew his hands from the warm embrace of flesh and jade. He was about to instruct the maids to bring some refreshments when he noticed they had all quietly left.

Odyssey's hazy eyes regained a bit of clarity, and she quickly stood up, saying,

"You're right. We can't let Punk and the others arbitrarily influence the game you've carefully set up in the Northern Kingdom. So, we should set off to find the Sun King now."

"Finding the Sun Golden Dragon will also strengthen our Elemental Dragon forces. Maybe we can even arrange a meeting for the Sun Golden Dragon, potentially allowing the Elemental Dragons to re-establish the Sun Dragon lineage in the material world."

Watching Odyssey's hurried departure from the main hall, Artilan smiled and kissed Ophelia's bright cheek.

"Wait for my return."

Ophelia shyly lowered her head, whispering softly,

"Mmm."

Seeing her bashful appearance, Artilan couldn't resist lifting her chin and giving her another quick kiss.

Odyssey impatiently poked her head out from the hall entrance.

"Hurry up, aren't you in a rush?"

"Coming, coming."

Wiping the lipstick from his lips, Artilan looked at Ophelia, who was shrinking back like a quail, making the dragon want to devour her in one bite. A radiant smile appeared on his face.

After these years of cultivation, Ophelia, who was once somewhat immature, now possessed the aura of a ripe apple. The mysterious temperament of a psychic warlock made this beautiful snake even more radiant and charming.

If it weren't for the dragon纹 initially being too captivating to the dragon's eyes, Artilan wouldn't have been able to resist starting to make advances until now.

Artilan finally stroked Ophelia's purple snake scales, saying with a grin,

"I really want to devour you right now."

As soon as Artilan stepped out of the main hall, Ophelia, who had seemed somewhat delicate, instantly changed her demeanor. Her slender, fair fingers twisted her smooth hair, and a smile even brighter than Artilan's appeared on her beautiful face.

"The things my sister taught me are indeed useful. Whether it's humans or Dragon Lords, they all like to see a woman who is normally strong become delicate only in front of them."

"Sandrine, you can go eat your honey bread. I'll soon have something better than bread here. Mermaid Lynn, besides singing, are you using your mouth for its intended purpose?"

"It's still me who takes first place."

Sandrine clearly met the Dragon Lord first, so why could she come from behind? Isn't it because the Leopard Woman is simple-minded? Even though she's already in her twenties, she still gets shy for days after the Dragon Lord glances at her a few more times.

And she foolishly runs away. Ophelia couldn't help but shake her head at the Leopard Woman's actions.

And Mermaid Lynn, when asked to sing for the Dragon Lord, she really just sings. The whole forest knows that Mermaid Lynn likes the Dragon Lord, but she just doesn't take the initiative.

Unlike her, who had already bribed the merman Fizz, who was responsible for guarding the Dragon Lord, to report any relevant situations to her immediately.

Otherwise, why do you think Ophelia would appear at such an opportune moment?

As for Artilan, he had no idea about these little tricks of harem intrigue. In any case, they were all just means to please him. As long as he enjoyed it, there was no need to understand it so clearly, as that would spoil the fun.

"Do you think it's more likely that the Sun King obtained some kind of item containing the magic of the Sun Dragon, or directly obtained the Dragon Vein enchantment of the Sun Golden Dragon?"

Odyssey calmly took out the snacks she had just asked the maids to pack from the dimensional bag, saying,

"You think that since the Sun Golden Dragon bestowed power upon the Sun King, it means he's not afraid of being discovered, and even knows that there are still many Elemental Dragons dwelling in the Elemental Dragon Realm."

"His purpose in doing so is to hope that we can discover his actions and take the initiative to help him? Why isn't he worried that we want to seize his Dragon Pearl?"

Because of the Sapphire Supreme Dragon Pearl inheritance, Artilan dared to say that among the current Elemental Dragons, no one! understood Dragon Pearls better than him!!

"Dragon Pearls can only be significantly improved by absorbing the same element. Absorbing Dragon Pearls of different elements causes too much loss. If the technical operation isn't up to par, it may even contaminate your Dragon Pearl."

"Nowadays, even the entire Astral Realm can't find many sub-dragons with the Sun Golden Dragon bloodline. Do you think anyone else would covet his Dragon Pearl?"

"If we go, it's more likely that we're delivering materials to him, like the Sun Golden Wine in my hand, which is just a palatable fruit wine for us."

"But for him, it's a tonic that can restore his strength."

Flying halfway, Artilan suddenly descended to the sky above a city in the Southern Territory. Accompanied by a loud dragon roar, Artilan landed in the central square of the city.

Hearing the dragon roar, the Half-Goat Man rushed over as quickly as possible.

"Dragon Lord, why have you come? Are you worried that the Grand Dukes won't give up the land in the Southern Territory? Don't worry, Dragon Lord, they have already withdrawn their people. Our people have begun to take over those lands. The abandoned farmland and mills are being cleared, and black beans can be planted in at most a month."

Artilan patted the Half-Goat Man on the shoulder.

"I'm relieved with your work. I came this time to ask about the reaction in the Northern Kingdom's capital to the Sun Apples you were asked to sell there?"

The Half-Goat Man smiled cunningly.

"It's basically been confirmed that the Sun King does need this apple. At first, only a few nobles bought two to taste, but later, different nobles came to buy them every day."

"But we didn't sense the aura of taking the Sun Apple on them or their families. They should have all been sent to the palace. Moreover, five days ago, the Sun King raided a key fortress defending the Western Territory."

"His Sun Dragon Flame is even more vigorous than before, successfully burning down the city walls, allowing his army to successfully invade the Western Territory for the first time, plundering a lot of wealth and food."

"The Grand Duke of the Western Territory is going to bleed this time."

Artilan smiled slightly and waved his hand casually.

"Now that it's been confirmed, there's no need to continue selling the Sun Apples. If the Sun King becomes too strong, it will not be conducive to the situation in the royal family collapsing further towards the ending I envisioned."

"He only needs to keep the land around the royal capital, the most core area of the kingdom. When that time comes, we can send him more Solar Gold Wine to use."

After fighting for five years, the people of the Northern Kingdom have been severely exploited by the war. Many have had to choose to flee south, north, or even to the western mountains and the eastern River Valley Kingdom because the Grand Duke and the Solar King have been plundering their grain.

Those who fled naturally fell into the hands of Artlan. Now, they are all reclaiming wasteland in the northern mountains outside the three halfling towns.

The soil in the northern mountains is fertile, and even newly reclaimed land can have good yields.

Audrey Hess ate pastries, nodding her head in satisfaction.

"It's been a few years, and your chef's skills have improved again."

The half-goat man immediately said with a smile:

"If the princess wants to eat, I can do it myself. I have never neglected to hone my magical cooking skills all these years. From the beginning until now, besides the Dragon Lord, the best magical cuisine is made by me!"

In every aspect, the half-goat man under Artlan's command has achieved a position second only to one dragon and above all others.

"You can't just take care of the Southern Territory. The northern mountains are also under your jurisdiction. There are large areas of fertile land that have not yet been reclaimed. Don't just focus on having children with Trina."

"In addition to taking care of the children, also take care of the refugees who have just fled and have no food to eat."

Artlan really felt it was hard to comment on the children of the half-goat man and the snake woman.

Because the half-goat man of the fairy race is essentially a special life form, he and Trina can actually conceive the crystallization of love. It's just that their children look very strange.

As everyone knows, whether it is a demon or a devil, their images are easily associated with goat horns and snake scales. The half-goat man's children are born with both of these characteristics.

And they combine these features to create their own style. Although they do not have the chaotic and evil power from the bottomless abyss, anyone who sees those three children will feel that they are born demons.

The half-goat man scratched his head somewhat awkwardly.

"I know, but the children need to practice the transformation secret technique taught by Master Jaina from a young age. Because of the power characteristics of me and their mother, they are considered a very unique type of shadow fairy."

"Shadow energy itself is not a big problem, but it is easily targeted by evil forces, especially since they are simply the best carriers for devils to descend into the world."

"These years, they have to eat a solar apple every day."

An apple a day keeps the devil away.

"Five years have passed, and even if we have discovered them, the devils have not restrained themselves in any way. Instead, their actions are getting bigger and bigger. I just don't understand, where did the devils come in from?"

The half-goat man was very annoyed. He has been helping Artlan to strangle those devils who are plotting conspiracies all these years, and has killed more than fifty devils.

There are more devils every year, but they just can't be killed.

"Artlan, do you remember the devil we discovered before? His task was to collect polluted human souls. Could it be..."

Artlan understood instantly.

"You mean they are converting souls in the Elemental Dragon Realm to cultivate newborn devils? But would the Archdevil give such important authority to his subordinates?"

Audrey Hess shrugged.

"Besides this explanation, can you think of any other?"

"Then where do you think they would set up the devil conversion pool?"

Just then, the sound of dragon wings flapping and roaring echoed in the sky. Artlan responded, and Punk and the other three landed in the square.

The originally large square suddenly seemed narrow and crowded after the four of them landed.

"Can't you turn into human form? Don't you think it's crowded?"

Bear Da said nonchalantly:

"We are dragons, why should we turn into humans? If you think it's narrow, just tear down these obstacles around you."

Artlan looked at him raising his claws and immediately shouted angrily:

"Bear Da, what do you want to do! Put your claws down!"

Punk said coldly:

"Artlan, you know I just want to practice quietly. If it weren't for the leader's order, I wouldn't have come at all. So can we complete the task quickly?"

This guy Punk really doesn't give any face.

Ever since he was tricked by Artlan into going to the southwestern desert for a desert water replenishment training, he doesn't believe a word Artlan says.

Of course, if Artlan has something to do, he will also help, provided that Artlan doesn't trick him.

"Punk, last time you went to the southwestern desert, didn't you sense the power collision between the ocean dragon soul and the purgatory dragon soul? Tell me, wasn't it a big help to you?"

Punk's face was even worse.

"I didn't expect that we steam wyverns would actually evolve into failed thunder wyverns, but because of the steam explosion power derived in our bodies, it is difficult for us to independently transform into thunder wyverns."

Actually, Artlan felt that their steam wyverns were not failures, but only semi-finished products in the Elemental Dragon God's elemental fusion experiment.

Moreover, this kind of semi-finished product was also given unique abilities by the Elemental Dragon God. It's just that he later had a better work, the Thunder Dragon.

"I am already researching the Dragon Transformation Secret Technique. Don't worry, I will definitely find a way to stabilize the steam dragon bloodline and prevent you from being flammable and explosive."

Punk didn't quite believe Artlan's promise. Although the two dragon patterns Artlan taught him did make his dragon body more stable and reduced the risk of self-destruction a lot.

"Okay, hurry up and find that Solar King, directly interrogate him, and make him tell you where the Solar Dragon is."

"It's okay, but only one dragon can come forward. You can only watch us on the crystal ball in the sky."

Audrey Hess immediately objected.

"No, I want to go to the scene too."

Unable to resist her, Artlan could only agree.

The group of dragons swaggered to the palace and found the Solar King in the Sword Forging Pool. As soon as Artlan landed, he heard the Solar King scolding the sword forger angrily.

"What did you tell me? You can forge the Flame Dragon's Fang with only a hundred magical beasts with dragon bloodlines!"

"If those stalkers hadn't broken in, were you going to wait until I found a hundred magical beasts before telling me that forging the magic sword also requires my sister to jump down and become the material for forging the magic sword!"

The pale-skinned dwarf said lightly:

"Your Majesty the Solar King, using the princess with the same bloodline as you as the material for forging the magic sword is also to make the magic sword more compatible with you. Otherwise, you won't be able to control the magic sword."

"Moreover, a hundred kinds of dragon bloodlines must be the most noble and purest dragon bloodlines to be fused. The kingdom only has your sister who meets the conditions."

"Shut up, I can't possibly let my sister be the material for forging the sword!"

Artlan laughed playfully and couldn't help but say:

"What you mean to say is, without that sword, you can still annihilate the enemy army?"